Hernandez joins kids advocate board

STOCKTON - The Children's Home of Stockton has named former astronaut Jose Hernandez to its board of directors for a three-year term. His term began Feb. 11.

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STOCKTON - The Children's Home of Stockton has named former astronaut Jose Hernandez to its board of directors for a three-year term. His term began Feb. 11.

Hernandez, who graduated from University of the Pacific and the University of California, Santa Barbara, was an astronaut from 2001 to 2010, even having a role on a space shuttle crew.

Hernandez, who is also on the Board of Regents for Pacific, joins a Children's Home board that oversees a private nonprofit agency that has provided services to children in need for 131 years. The board develops policy and oversees operations of the home.